August 20, 2012 - Asheville, NC - Music legend and original YES vocalist and songwriter Jon Anderson will be performing a series of concerts in South America this September 2012. Jon's previous tour of South America was regarded as a major triumph, and fans have clamored for his return!

Jon Anderson South American tour dates:

09/11/2012 - Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta - Montevideo, Uruguay

09/14/2012 - Teatro Positivo - Curitiba, Brazil

09/15/2012 - Teatro Santa Isabel - Recife, Brazil

09/19/2012 - Teatro Castro Alves - Salvador, Brazil

09/21/2012 - Centro Cultural Joao Nogueira - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

09/26/2012 - Palacio das Artes - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

More dates in Argentina to be announced soon as well as a special concert in Chile late November with the Youth Orchestra of Santiago. For more information visitwww.jonanderson.com/tour.html

In honor of the World Cup to be held in Brazil in 2014, Jon has written a tribute the the event titled "Brasilian Music Sound". Here's a video of Jon's new song created by Victor Cristean: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijih_zqMRks

In other news, Jon played a special one-off concert on August 8th at the Sadler's Wells Theater in London, which was by all accounts a smashing success! This was the first time Jon had performed in the UK since his tour with Rick Wakeman in 2010. “The concert in London was with the Slovakian Chamber Orchestra with the help of my good friend composer Peter Machajdik plus a semi acoustic group I performed with a couple of years ago in Bratislava,” says Jon. In honor of the UK 2012 Olympics, Jon recorded a vocal version of the Vangelis song "Chariots of Fire" titled "Race To The End", with lyrics penned by Jon. The song can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.com/Race-to-the-End/dp/B008PNX14Q/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345046374&sr=301-1 Also, Jon is featured on four tracks on the new CD by Dennis Haklar called 'Lizard's Tales'

Jon recently completed a successful summer tour in support of his critically acclaimed new 21-minute digital download release 'OPEN'. Here's what the press have raved about Jon's past few tours:

“It was clear the audience was having a good time as they sang along with Anderson, cheered him on, danced at their tables, and gave him a standing ovation during the end of the show and the encore – the place was filled with excitement, happiness and lots of love!” Ashley Perez – Chicago Music Examiner

“The songs were clearly different....warm, and enough to remind listeners why they fell in love with YES in the first place” - John J. Moser, The Morning Call, MD